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Advanced Writing in the Disciplines (AWD) addresses issues in writing appropriate to students who are undertaking intensive study in their major field and who are beginning to contemplate life after college. Therefore, students should have accrued 56 academic credits before they take AWD and have completed or received credit for College Writing. Further, AWD is best taken after a student’s first co-op experience, thus providing useful reference points for the rhetorical issues addressed in class. Additionally, student writing is the main object of attention and analysis, with students frequently sharing and discussing written work in class. Finally, AWD takes seriously the proposition that differences among fields have consequences for the kinds of writing pursued by members of those fields. As a result, students work to develop an understanding of the function of writing and research in their disciplines in contrast to abstract or universal ideas about “good” writing and research. It is this focus that makes AWD unique.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources: Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Handout: "Did You Know" submissions
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.